21 people were struck and killed by drivers while walking the streets of San Francisco in 2013
Twenty-one people were struck and killed by drivers while walking the streets of San Francisco last year, the highest number of pedestrian deaths since 2007 in a city where three people on an average day get hit by cars or trucks.
Until December, 2013 was shaping up to be an average year in the city for pedestrian fatalities. But in the final month of the year, the death toll spiked, with six pedestrian deaths, including two on New Year's Eve.
Six-year-old Sophia Liu was in a crosswalk at Polk and Ellis streets near the Civic Center with her mother and 4-year-old brother when she was hit by a car. Zhen Guang Ng, 86, was run over in a crosswalk at Rolph and Naples streets in the Crocker-Amazon neighborhood.
The recent spate of pedestrian deaths and serious injuries has refocused a spotlight on a problem that city officials for years have vowed to address and that pedestrian safety advocates say needs more aggressive attention.
Despite San Francisco's reputation as one of the most pedestrian-friendly cities in the U.S., close to 900 pedestrians a year are hit by automobiles, and the number has been growing in the past few years.
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